Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, A Defender of the Faith?

Putin says leaders should unite to end anti-Christian persecution?? Whatever Putin's political motivations for his 'new found' discovery of his Christian faith, which he probably has not practiced since he was a toddler in Sunday school (if ever), you can be sure his motivations are multi-faceted and determined to protect Russian culture from its greatest threat. The changing demographic dynamics in Russia and throughout much of the planet are witnessing the exponential explosion of Muslim birthrates concurrent with shrinking birthrates in the Christian populations. The non-Muslim populations are getting old and are not having sufficient children to take care of them while the burgeoning under 20 population is largely Muslim. This is true not only in Russia but increasingly in much of the world. Putin understands that the pre-Soviet era in Russia saw much larger birthrates in Russia when the Russian Orthodox Christian church was still influential than it ever has since either under communism or post-communism and the oligarchs. Many world leaders, including Angel Merkel the Chancellor of Germany, are waking up to the threatening reality of their shrinking populations concurrent with the loss of the Christian religion. Merkel famously said recently regarding the demographic changes in Germany, "The problem is not too much Islam, the problem is too little Christianity. Even former Labour Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair, once an avowed secularist, has 'rediscovered' his Christianity since leaving office. He had now become a leading advocate of inter-faith dialog. A dubious pursuit at best. Britain, like much of Western Europe is under threat from their growing Muslim populations. Many, are slowly waking up to the two-pronged threat of losing the influence of Christianity on Western culture to be supplanted by the dark and evil faith of Islam. Yes, they are waking up but is it too little too late? http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/high-tide-and-turn/2013/aug/2/putin-world-leaders-should-unite-end-anti-christia/